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Locality Name:
Rammelsbach, Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 278248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rammelsbach, Altenglan, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Remigiusberg Quarries

Latitude: 49°32'34"N
Longitude: 7°27'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.542777777778,7.4516666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O P Pb S Si Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumDescloizite
DiasporeDigeniteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltVivianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Corundum  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23542481614252162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481614255509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816142511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481614255516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816142527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481614254979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816142527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481614253531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3542481614252600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83542481614251756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33542481614251797
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161425651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3542481614251027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16354248161425300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481614259895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161425814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3542481614252740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816142524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481614257437
Graphite  (*)NoneC3542481614252812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33542481614251544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816142514640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816142512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481614255674
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)354248161425362
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816142539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816142561156


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00059354248 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, EglestoniteHg14243Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   

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